Contacts

For general questions, please email the Arctos Working Group Officers.
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Arctos Advisory Committee

  • Derek Sikes (Chair), University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, AK
  • John Abbott (Chair-Elect), University of Alabama Museums, Univ. Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
  • Dawn Roberts (Secretary), Chicago Academy of Sciences, Chicago, IL
  • David Bloom, VertNet
  • Michael Nachman, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Univ. California, Berkeley, CA
  • Chris Witt (Chair-Past), Museum of Southwestern Biology, Univ. New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
  • Michael Anderson, Museum of Southwestern Biology, Univ. New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Emeriti (formerly the Steering committee) members

  • Joe Cook (Emeritus Chair), Museum of Southwestern Biology, Univ. New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
  • John Demboski (Emeritus Chair), Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO
  • Link Olson (Emeritus Chair), University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, AK
  • Craig Moritz (Emeritus), Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley, CA

Arctos Working Group

Member institutions automatically have a seat in the Arctos Working Group who helps manage communication, documentation, development priorities, and outreach. They also elect the Executive Officers.

Executive Officers

arctos-working-group-officers [at] googlegroups.com

  • Director: Michelle Koo, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Univ. California, Berkeley, CA (2019-present), chair@arctosdb.org
  • Deputy Director: Mariel Campbell, Museum of Southwestern Biology, Univ. New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (2019-present), chair@arctosdb.org
  • Secretary: Beth Wommack, University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates,  Laramie, WY (2020-present), communications@arctosdb.org
  • Treasurer: Andrew Doll, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO (2019-present), treasurer@arctosdb.org
  • Communications:  Co-managed by Lindsey Frederick and Beth Wommack
  • Membership: Lindsey Frederick, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Albuquerque, NM (2021-present) membership@arctosdb.org
  • Education and Training: Emily Braker, University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Boulder, CO (2017-present)

Emeriti Officers

  • Emeritus Chair: Carla Cicero, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Univ. California, Berkeley, CA (2009-2018)
  • Emeritus Treasurer: Teresa Mayfield, Museum of Southwestern Biology, Univ. New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (2017-2020)
  • Emeritus Communications: Kyndall Hildebrandt, University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, AK (2017-2020)
  • Emeritus Membership: Angela Linn, University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, AK (2019-2020)

Arctos Committees and Special Interest Groups

These are composed of Arctos Working Group members; current committees and contacts are listed here.

Technical Support

Responsible for Arctos development, database administration, data migration, security, and other technical tasks.

  • Chris Jordan, Texas Advanced Computing Center – TACC Data Management and Collections Group Lead
  • Michelle Koo, University of California, Berkeley – Arctosdb.org web contact, GitHub, and operational grants contact (mkoo [at] berkeley.edu)
  • Dusty McDonald, Arctos – Lead Programmer (dustymc [at] gmail.com)
  • Lam Voong, University of California, Berkeley – Database Administrator
  • open, Arctos – Web Developer